Procrastination or Self Sabotage?

Is there something that you’ve avoided doing for so long that the avoidance itself is a form of self-punishment? Just like those of us who fall into cycles of abuse in our relationships with other people, we can fall into the same kind of love/hate/fear/shame cycle with the Inner Critic. If you have put off a project that you really do at your core want to do ask yourself these hard questions: Have you become addicted to the drama of self-loathing? Have you asked other people to help you finish this project? Under what perfect conditions could you finish? How can you set up those conditions to help you succeed instead of fall back into the cycle yet again?